Abstracts tagged "Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)"

Abstract Number: 1098 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improving Osteoporosis Screening in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
Kelly Tran¹, Ellen Ann Sockman¹, Rachel Salyer¹, Megan Young¹, Aisha Abbasi¹ and Devanshu Verma², ¹West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, WV, ²West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is a medical condition associated with decreased bone mass and bone architecture, which increases incidence of fragility fractures(4). It is associated with 1.5…
Abstract Number: 1133 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring the Clinical Characteristics and Correlation with Corticosteroid Dependence in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Patients: Insights from an Academic Center
William Rigby¹, Todd Mackenzie², Emily Campbell¹, Joshua Skydel³, Bryan Savage¹, Monica Dimambro² and Vivekanand Tiwari¹, ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ³Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) treatment is primarily based on long-term corticosteroids, which results in significant toxicities. Studies1,2 have shown that patients with PMR are exposed…
Abstract Number: 1201 • ACR Convergence 2023
Frailty and Its Impact on Patient Reported Outcomes in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Patricia Harkins¹, Sharon Cowley², David Kane³ and Richard Conway⁴, ¹St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Frailty is an increasingly important construct in the field of rheumatology, aiding the identification of individuals with increased vulnerability to accelerated clinical decline and…
Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2023
Baseline Vascular Ultrasound of Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients at Time of Diagnosis Predicts Clinical Outcomes at 3 Months
Sharon Cowley¹, Colm Kirby², Patricia Harkins³, Richard Conway⁴ and David Kane⁵, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: It has been reported that up to a quarter of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) have subclinical giant cell arteritis (GCA). It is currently…
Abstract Number: 1566 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exposure-Response Analysis of Sarilumab in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Christine Xu¹, Ying Liu¹, Jennifer Sloane², Remco Diab³, Hubert van Hoogstraten¹, Hisham Abdallah⁴, Sreeraj Macha¹ and Bhaskar Dasgupta⁵, ¹Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ²Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ³Sanofi, Rotkreuz, Switzerland, ⁴Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, ⁵Anglia Ruskin University, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Sarilumab blocks interleukin-6 (IL-6) from binding to the membrane-bound and soluble IL-6 receptor-α subunit (IL-6Rα). Sarilumab is now approved for both rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 1649 • ACR Convergence 2023
Follow-up Ultrasound Examination in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Giant Cell Arteritis
Lara Clarissa Burg¹, Christian Dejaco², Pantelis Karakostas³, Charlotte Behning⁴, Peter Brossart¹ and Valentin Sebastian Schäfer³, ¹University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ³Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: In recent years, ultrasound has become a standard tool in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Typical findings are increased intima media thickness…
Abstract Number: 0027 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of HLA-DRB1 and ANKRD55/IL6ST Regions with Polymyalgia Rheumatica Diagnosis: A Genome Wide Association Study from UK Biobank and FinnGen
Mehmet Hocaoglu¹, Jamal Mikdashi², James Perry² and Charles Hong², ¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The existing literature on the genetics of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is limited to candidate gene studies with small sample sizes. There is a need…
Abstract Number: 1869 • ACR Convergence 2023
FDG-PET/CT for Diagnosing Polymyalgia Rheumatica Before, During and After a Short-term Prednisolone Cessation – a Prospective Study of 101 Patients
Andreas Wiggers Nielsen¹, Ib Tønder Hansen², Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen³, Søren Geill Kjær⁴, Jesper Blegvad-Nissen⁴, Christian Møller Sørensen³, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge¹, Lars Christian Gormsen² and Kresten Krarup Keller¹, ¹Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Horsens, Denmark, ⁴Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) can be challenging to diagnose since other diseases may present with similar symptoms. As a result, a significant number of patients…
Abstract Number: 0698 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cohort Study of Cigarette Smoking and the Risk of Developing Polymyalgia Rheumatica Among Women
Jae Hee Kang¹, Susan Malspeis², Nicole Yang² and Karen Costenbader², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease among older White women, but little is known of its etiology and there are…
Abstract Number: 0761 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of Outcome Domains in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Scoping Review by the OMERACT IrAE Working Group
Nilasha Ghosh¹, Nina Couette², Wouter van Binsbergen³, Sophia Weinmann⁴, Bridget Jivanelli¹, Beverley Shea⁵, Anne Bass⁶, Karolina Benesova⁷, Clifton O. Bingham III⁸, Cassandra Calabrese⁹, Laura C. Cappelli¹⁰, Karmela Kim Chan¹, Ernest Choy¹¹, Dimitrios Daoussis¹², Susan Goodman¹, Marie Hudson¹³, Shahin Jamal¹⁴, Jan Leipe¹⁵, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo¹⁶, Maria Suarez-Almazor¹⁷, Conny van der Laken¹⁸, Alexa Meara¹⁹, David Liew²⁰ and Marie Kostine²¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Department of Internal Medicine. Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Center location DBL, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Division of Infection and Immunity, CREATE Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece, ¹³McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine V, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ¹⁶The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ¹⁷MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers – location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁹The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²⁰Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, ²¹Pellegrin Hospital, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Rheumatology, Bordeaux, France
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), increasingly used cancer therapeutics, can cause off-target inflammatory effects called immune-related adverse events (irAEs), including ICI-induced inflammatory arthritis (ICI-induced IA)…
Abstract Number: 0795 • ACR Convergence 2022
Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequalae (PACS) with New-onset Rheumatological Complications
Neel Thanavala¹, Kiho Son², Nardien Sedhom², Snehal Somalwar³, Zil Patel¹, Rameen Jamil², Carmen Venegas², Ashutosh Thakar², Agnes Yuen⁴, Melanie Kjarsgaard², Susan Waserman², Mylinh Duong², Parameswaran Nair², Christopher Carlsten⁴, Maggie Larche², Terence Ho², Sarah Svenningsen², KONSTANTINOS TSELIOS⁵ and Manali Mukherjee², ¹The Research Institute of St. Joe's Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³The Research Institute of St Joe's Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵McMaster University, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Post-Acute Sequalae of COVID-19 (PASC), prevalent in ~20-30% of convalescent COVID-19 patients is characterized by new/persistent symptoms after the initial recovery. Certain autoantibodies have…
Abstract Number: 1106 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Tocilizumab on Disease Activity in Patients with Active Polymyalgia Rheumatica on Glucocorticoid Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Valerie Devauchelle¹, Guillermo CARVAJAL ALEGRIA², Emmanuelle Dernis³, Christophe Richez⁴, Marie Truchetet⁵, Daniel Wendling⁶, ERIC TOUSSIROT⁷, aleth Perdriger⁸, jacques-eric gottenberg⁹, Renaud FELTEN¹⁰, Bruno Fautrel¹¹, laurent chiche¹², Pascal HILLIQUIN¹³, Catherine Le Henaff¹⁴, Benjamin Dervieux¹⁵, Guillaume Direz¹⁶, Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere¹⁷, Divi CORNEC¹⁸, Dewi Guellec¹⁹, Thierry MARHADOUR²⁰, Emmanule Nowak¹⁹ and Alain Saraux²¹, ¹Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France, ²CHRU de Tours, Tours, France, ³LE MANS general hospital, LE MANS, France, ⁴Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁵Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁶CHU, University Teaching Hospital, Besançon, France, ⁷CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ⁸Rennes University, Rennes, France, ⁹Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁰Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ¹¹Sorbonne University Paris, France and Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹²hopital europeen, Marseille, France, ¹³Centre Hospitalier Sud-Francilien, Corbeil-Essonnes, France, ¹⁴Morlaix Hospital, Morlaix, France, ¹⁵Mulhouse Hospital, Mulhouse, France, ¹⁶Le Mans Hospital, Le Mans, France, ¹⁷Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre, France, ¹⁸CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ¹⁹Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, ²⁰CHU Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ²¹CHU Brest, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Few treatments are available for patients with glucocorticoid-dependent polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Interleukin-6 antagonists deserve evaluation in active glucocorticoid-dependent PMR. Our objective was to compare…
Abstract Number: 1107 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (EAST PMR): A Prospective Study
Xinlei Ma, Fan Yang, Jin Lin and Weiqian Chen, Division of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, HangZhou, China
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory disease in elderly persons whose pathogenesis is unclear. Glucocorticoids are the first-line drugs for patients with PMR,…
Abstract Number: 1543 • ACR Convergence 2022
Resolution of PMR Signs and Symptoms in Patients Treated with Sarilumab: A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial (SAPHYR) in Relapsing PMR
Robert Spiera¹, Sebastian Unizony², Kenneth J. Warrington³, Jennifer Sloane Lazar⁴, Angeliki Giannelou⁵, Michael C Nivens⁶, Bolanle Akinlade⁵, Wanling Wong⁴, Yong Lin⁴, Frank Buttgereit⁷, Valerie Devauchelle⁸, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁹ and Bhaskar Dasgupta¹⁰, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Winchester, MA, ³Mayo Clinic, ROCHESTER, MN, ⁴Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁵Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, ⁶Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, NY, ⁷Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / DRFZ Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Cantonal Clinic St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ¹⁰Anglia Ruskin University, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Sarilumab, a human mAb against the IL-6 receptor α, has been approved in RA and is being investigated for PMR. The SAPHYR study (NCT03600818)…
Abstract Number: 1544 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is It Possible to Evaluate Polymyalgia Rheumatica Without C-reactive Protein? Concordance and Agreement Between Different PMR Activity Scores in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Justine D'agostino¹, Valerie Devauchelle¹, Guillermo CARVAJAL ALEGRIA², Emmanuelle Dernis³, Christophe Richez⁴, Marie Truchetet⁵, Daniel Wendling⁶, ERIC TOUSSIROT⁷, aleth Perdriger⁸, jacques-eric gottenberg⁹, Renaud FELTEN¹⁰, Bruno Fautrel¹¹, laurent chiche¹², Pascal HILLIQUIN¹³, Catherine Le Henaff¹⁴, Benjamin Dervieux¹⁵, Guillaume Direz¹⁶, Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere¹⁷, Divi CORNEC¹⁸, Dewi Guellec¹⁹, Thierry MARHADOUR²⁰, Aghiles Souki¹⁹, Emmanule Nowak¹⁹ and Alain Saraux²¹, ¹Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France, ²CHRU de Tours, Tours, France, ³LE MANS general hospital, LE MANS, France, ⁴Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁵Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁶CHU, University Teaching Hospital, Besançon, France, ⁷CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ⁸Rennes University, Rennes, France, ⁹Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁰Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ¹¹Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ¹²hopital europeen, Marseille, France, ¹³Centre Hospitalier Sud-Francilien, Corbeil-Essonnes, France, ¹⁴Morlaix Hospital, Morlaix, France, ¹⁵Mulhouse Hospital, Mulhouse, France, ¹⁶Le Mans Hospital, Le Mans, France, ¹⁷Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre, France, ¹⁸CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ¹⁹Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, ²⁰CHU Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ²¹CHU Brest, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Today, the only disease activity score developed specifically for polymylagia rheumatica is the PMR-AS. It is a composite index built as an algebraic sum…

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